A 50-year-old man was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison Monday afternoon for a crime involving two mailed packages containing methamphetamine with a combined street value of more than $1 million.

U.S. District Court of Guam Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood handed down her sentence for defendant Frederick A. Obak, who was in the courtroom with about eight family members, including his mother and his wife.

Obak agreed to plead guilty to two counts of attempted possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute in April 2014. The charges stem from two separate packages of meth mailed to Thomas Kautz and Amos Shioichi Ueda in January 2014.

One package, mailed to Ueda, was sent to Guam from Washington state, according to court documents. Documents don’t state from where Kautz received his package.

Both packages contained a total of 2,171 grams, or more than 4 pounds, of methamphetamine, according to prosecuting attorney Rosetta San Nicolas, with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

San Nicolas said the drugs were tested and found to be 82-percent pure. The street value at the time was $500 per gram, which amounted to more than $1 million worth of meth, also known as "ice," for both packages.

Obak reportedly admitted to authorities that he intended to get the drugs inside the two packages and distribute the drugs to another person, court documents state. That person, however, wasn’t named in court documents.

Obak, his cousin Ueda and nephew Jayvin Wyll Ueda Remoket were indicted in the same case of meth mailed to Ueda. Ueda was sentenced to almost three years for his part in the scheme. Of all three defendants, San Nicolas said Obak is the most culpable.

Standing before the chief judge, Obak on Monday asked her for leniency and eight years, instead of 16 years, behind bars.

“All I can do is pray for leniency and mercy,” Obak said, choking back tears.

He also gave the judge a hand-written letter expressing his remorse.

Because he feared retaliation, Obak didn’t name the person he was delivering the drugs to, according to his attorney, Randall Cunliffe.

If the prosecution deemed Obak’s cooperation significant, he might have received a lesser sentence.

The judge, in the end, sided with the prosecution’s recommendation for a 16-year sentence for each count against Obak, with the sentences to be served concurrently. When his sentence is complete, Obak will be in his mid-60s. He also is sentenced to three years supervised release and might be subject to deportation because he is a citizen of the Republic of Palau.

Chief Judge Tydingco-Gatewood recommended Obak undergo a drug treatment program and agreed to recommend he be placed in a California federal penitentiary.

Obak’s nephew and co-defendant, Remoket, has yet to be sentenced for his involvement in the package sent to Ueda. Thomas Kautz, the other man who received a package, was sentenced in May 2015 to 24 months in prison, court records show.